Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mintaqah Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 145806
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145806.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mintaqah Makkah, Saudi Arabia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ad Duwayhi Mine
Al-Madhiq Area
As Suq Mine
Bi'r Tawilah
Hibashi Cave
Jabal Samran
Jiddah (Jeddah)
Rabigh

Latitude: 22°14'35"N
Longitude: 41°10'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.243055555556,41.182777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Arcanite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Biphosphammite	Calcite
Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Malachite	Mica	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Abhurite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arcanite ()*	Archerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Biphosphammite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrihydrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Halite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romarchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Urea ()*	Whitlockite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aphthitalite Aragonite Arcanite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Biphosphammite Calcite
Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Malachite Mica Nolanite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Titanite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Abhurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Sn²⁺₂₁O₆(OH)₁₄Cl₁₆	0	0	1	104629	7
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	104623	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0	0	1	104626	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	0	0	1	104626	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	104629	3250
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	0	0	1	104626	30
Archerite ()*	Biphosphammite	H₂K(PO₄)	0	0	1	104626	7
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	104625	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	104630	11547
Biphosphammite ()*	Biphosphammite	(NH₄)H₂(PO₄)	0	0	1	104626	11
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0	0	2	104623,104626	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	104625	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	104625,104630	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	104623	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	104623	8173
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂			1	104627	86
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	104625	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	104625,104630	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	104627	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	104625	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	104623	1544
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0	0	1	104626	1398
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	0	0	1	104626	367
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	104629	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	104630	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	104625,104627	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0	0	1	104626	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	0	0	1	104626	306
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			1	104627	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	104625,104627	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0	0	4	104623,104625,104626,104630	61156
Romarchite ()*	None	SnO			1	104629	13
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	104625	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	104625	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	104625	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	104625	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	104623	4899
Urea ()*	None	CO(NH₂)₂	0	0	1	104626	4
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	0	0	1	104626	104

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0034	Lava tube cave

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0034	0	0	0		Age of mineralization			Hi7, Hi8, Hi15, Hizz						195731	Hibashi Cave, Mintaqah Makkah, Saudi Arabia	Hibashi Cave	Forti et al. (2004)	10.3986/ac.v33i2.299	AC33_189	Cave is rich in fossils and surface minerals

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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